Earlier this year, I somehow performed a comedy of errors that left me stranded on the side of a busy Interstate with a U-Haul truck stuck in mud and a Ford F-350 Super Duty stuck helplessly on the highway shoulder. My original error? I left the fob on the cowling ahead of the windshield, and it launched off the truck …
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‘Barron’s Roundtable’ panelists Jack Otter, Ben Levisohn, Megan Leonhardt and Andrew Bary discuss the impact of tariffs on the auto industry and share top stock picks. Ford is temporarily cutting production on certain vehicles at its Kentucky truck plant after a fire broke out at one of its aluminum supplier facilities last month. Ford will halt production of its three-row …
Read More »Ford Cuts Production of Five Trucks, SUVs After Aluminum-Supply Disruption The Wall Street Journal Oswego fire could cause $1B hit to car company’s earnings (Good Morning CNY for Oct. 13) Syracuse.com Small Fire breaks out inside Novelis plant late Thursday night WSTM U.S. Aluminum Prices Remain High After Novelis Fire Hit Supply Chain Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.com Stellantis Faces Challenges Amid Production …
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Ford The race-bred Ford Mustang GTD only started reaching customers recently, but it has made headlines for a while now. The GTD has a slew of headline-grabbing attributes like its exceptionally fast lap time at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, its immense 815 horsepower and 664 pound-feet of torque, and its staggering $327,960 starting price. It’s …
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Last week, it was revealed that the automakers were working with their respective dealer networks on short-term programs that would allow customers to continue to receive the tax credit on leased EVs through the rest of the year. With the tax credit expiring on September 30th, Ford and GM were hoping to keep offering the discount to customers for a …
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Terrible news emerged for legacy automaker Ford (F), and worst of all, it was the kind of news that it probably could not have prevented if it wanted to. And it almost certainly did want to. A large-scale fire struck at Novelis, which runs an aluminum plant in New York. That plant supplies aluminum sheet to a large part of …
Read More »Ford Stock Sinks. Why a 3-Week-Old Fire Is Spooking the Market. Barron’s Exclusive | A Devastating Fire at a Major Ford Supplier Will Disrupt Business for Months The Wall Street Journal Novelis Oswego plant fire halts aluminum supply to automakers, WSJ reports CBT News Fire at Ford aluminum supplier set to disrupt business for months, report says Automotive News A Devastating Fire at a …
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According to a Reuters report, U.S. President Donald Trump is considering a plan that could lower the cost of making cars in America. The plan would give major automakers tariff relief if they build or assemble most of their vehicles in the U.S. Senator Bernie Moreno said the idea is to reward companies that hire U.S. workers and keep production …
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Ford CEO Jim Farley has been ringing the alarm bell for months about what he sees as a “crisis” in what he calls “the essential economy”: everyday industries that build and fix things. In other words, he thinks the blue-collar backbone of America is being ignored, even with all the hype about artificial intelligence eating up entry-level jobs. (Farley himself …
Read More »Ford, GM, and Other Auto Stocks Jump on Potential Tariff Relief for U.S.-Assembled Cars Barron’s Exclusive: Trump considering significant tariff relief for US vehicle production, senator says Reuters Detroit auto stocks jump on report of tariff relief for U.S. vehicles CNBC Trump considering significant tariff relief for US vehicle production, Sen. Moreno says Yahoo Finance Palantir disputes report of flaws in Army product Sherwood News …
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